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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Great Themes of Myth, Dr. Roy Willis | |
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| Creation | |
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| The origins of the world Cosmic Architecture | |
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| The structure of the universe Myths of Humanity | |
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| Causes of life and death Supernatural Beings | |
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| God, spirits and demons Cosmic Disasters | |
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| The end of the world Heroes and Tricksters | |
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| Agents of change Animals and Plants | |
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| Energy, transformation and kinship Body and Soul | |
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| Spirit and the afterlife Marriage and Kinship | |
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| Myths of the social order | |
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| A World Mythography | |
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| Egypt | |
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| The First Gods | |
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| Order from chaos The Ennead | |
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| The Nine Gods of Heliopolis Osiris | |
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| Upholder of order Isis | |
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| The devoted widow Horus and Seth | |
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| The struggle for the throne of Osiris Solar Myths | |
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| The eternal cycle of renewal Myth and Magic/ | |
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| The secret name of Ra; the Book of Thoth Snakes and Scorpions | |
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| Agents of chaos Powerful Goddesses | |
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| Neith, Sekhmet and Bastet Other Goddesses | |
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| Anat, Astarte, Hathor and Taweret Kings and the Gods | |
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| The sacred role of the pharaohs Priest-Magicians | |
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| Setna Khaemwese and Imhotep Life After Death | |
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| The soul in the underworld | |
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| The Middle East | |
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| Sumer and Babylon | |
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| Myths from the first cities Gilgamesh | |
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| The great epic of mortality Ishtar and Tammuz | |
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| The descent to the underworld Myths of Creation | |
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| Enki, Marduk and the divine decrees The Flood | |
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| Destruction and survival Ugaritic Myths | |
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| Kingship and succession Myths of the Hittites | |
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| Dragons and lost gods Persian Myths | |
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| Ahura Mazdah and the battle between good and evil | |
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| India | |
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| Origins of the World | |
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| Sacrifice and conflict Indra | |
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| Warrior and king of the gods Brahma | |
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| The creator god Vishnu | |
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| Protector of the world Vishnu's Incarnations | |
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| The avatars Rama | |
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| The righteous avatar Krishna, the Adorable | |
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| The eighth avatar of Vishnu Shiva | |
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| The erotic and ascetic combined Devi | |
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| The manifold goddess Shiva's Family Circle | |
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| Shiva, Parvati, Skanda, Ganesha Jain Myth | |
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| A response to Hinduism The Enlightened One | |
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| Myths of Buddhism | |
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| China | |
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| Order Out Of Chaos | |
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| Pan Gu and Hun Dun Nu Gua and Fu Xi | |
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| The creation of humanity flood myths Sun, Moon and Stars | |
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| Myths of the heavenly bodies Chinese Buddhism | |
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| Amitabha and Guanyin Taoist Myth | |
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| Gods and Immortals Myths of the Family | |
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| Filial piety and household gods | |
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| Tibet and Mongolia | |
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| Myths of Origin | |
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| Radiant, Black Misery and the karmic wind Myths of the Ancient Kings | |
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| The sky-descended rulers King Gersar | |
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| The warrior-king The Taming of the Gods | |
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| The impact of Buddhism Mongolian Shamanism | |
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| Encounters with the spirit realm | |
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| Japan | |
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| Izanagi and Izanami | |
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| The primal couple Amaterasu and Susano | |
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| The contest of the sibling deities The Divine Crisis | |
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| Amaterasu's of the sun The Izumo Cyde | |
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| Susano's descent to earth; Okuninushi and the White Rabbit Gods, Heroes and Demons | |
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| Inari,and the Oni The Realm of Saga | |
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| The exploits of Jimmu-tenno and Yamato-takeru Buddhist Myths | |
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| Three figures of mercy | |
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| Greece | |
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| Myth and Society | |
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| Public and private observances The Birth of the Gods | |
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| The rise of the Olympians The Origins of Humanity | |
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| Prometheus, Pandora, Deucalion, Pyrrha Zeus | |
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| King of the gods The Couplings of Zeus | |
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| Human and di | |